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  1. Re:I have been waiting for this on Debian Announces Sarge Will Include GNOME 2.8 · · Score: 1

    The file shows up on my desktop immediately.
    Famd works well with Nautilus.

  2. Recommendation on Amazon's Best Computer Books of 2004 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Design Patterns Explained, by Alan Shalloway and James R. Trott.

    The authors are extremely intelligent and the book offers a very direct and simple approach to the material.

    It's very easy read and teaches very fundamental concepts involved in the architecture and design of applications with a focus on eXtreme Programming.

  3. Re:but on Learning PHP 5 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It's not your imagination.

  4. Re:Look, I program in Perl on Foundations of Python Network Programming · · Score: 1

    I tend to agree but go look at the ASPN python cookbooks, there is a neat implementation of Perl's DBI module from python.

    I can definitely see a real use for this, as there aren't very many python packages around that do what DBI does. (at least not that I could find back when I was looking for them. I suspect this has not changed).

  5. Re:Look, I program in Perl on Foundations of Python Network Programming · · Score: 1

    You can also embed perl and use pretty much any perl module from python through PyPerl...
    http://www.python.org/moin/PyPerl

  6. Re:Twisted Framework on Foundations of Python Network Programming · · Score: 1

    Whoever makes an actual book about twisted (a good one), let me know and I'll buy it.

    I've been hoping for someone to do this for a long time... Not very likely to happen though...

    The documentation is huge and pretty good but it just doesn't cut it for me...

  7. Re:No, no, no! on Would You Hire A Hacker? · · Score: 1

    I think something like this: http://salgalaluna.clarence.com/archive/images/pit bull-soluzione.jpg
    Would do the trick.

    By the way... do *not* run a search for pitbull on images.google.com

  8. I'm not sure on Hurricanes Affecting Spammers? · · Score: 1

    I trust these stats better.

    http://www.spamcop.net/spamgraph.shtml?spammonth

  9. Re:OS is better! on Critical Mozilla, Thunderbird Vulnerabilities · · Score: 3, Informative

    I hope this will help you, I'll go straight to the point:

    Edit -> Preferences -> Advanced ->
    Periodically check for updates to:
    [X] Firefox
    [X] My Extensions
    [X] Automatically download AND INSTALL new updates

  10. Re:Funny... on Speech Recognition in Silicon · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I want to sing the general tone of a song I heard on the radio in a microphone and have google direct me to that album on froogle.

    THAT would be awesome!

  11. Not new on Apple Patents 'Chameleon' Computer Case · · Score: 5, Informative

    The register should probably read slashdot more often then...
    This story was posted on slashdot two years ago

  12. Re:Just what I was looking for... on The Athlon 64 3000+, A Budget Gamer's Perspective · · Score: 1

    I'm running an Athlon XP 3000+ on a NForce2 chipset right now and the ACPI issue was pretty simple to completely overcome simply by not compiling ACPI in the kernel.

    Best bang for my buck by far.

  13. Re:actually on Gentoo 2004.2 Released · · Score: 1

    That's actually what the grandparent post was refering to. The title should be read as:

    First "ill be done compiling next week..." post!

  14. All is not lost on Africa Enters Global Market For IT Outsourcing · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm working on a very efficient business model that I will implement very shortly... it goes as follows:

    Good Day Sir,

    My name is John Smith, I am a district manager at the New York Bank of Commerce (NYBC) and I am contacing you to obtain your help in an urgent matter.

    Several weeks ago, Prince Adhi-Butta Gambei, passed away in a plane accident on the coast of Los Angeles, leaving in our safe a fortune estimated to no less than 2,600,000,000 nairas. Yes, that is 2 Billion, six hundred thousand nairas (approximately USD $20,000,000 or Twenty Million US Dollars).

    With your help, I believe I may have an opportuny to move these funds to a separate account before my government can take possession of these funds but I need the help of someone familiar with the nigerian political system and I will provide you with detailed instructions that will help you pretend that you are the legitimate heir of Prince Adhi-Butta Gambei.

    Once the funds are transfered in your NYBC account, I will move these funds immediately to an off-short account, leaving in your NYBC 30% of the amount. That is 78,000,000 nairas... YES!! Seventy Eight Million nairas (or USD $600,000).

    However, openning an account at NYBC will require a minimum balance of USD $14,000 (1,820,140 nairas).

    I was able to place $6,000 of my personal funds in this account, however I require your help in providing the remaining $8,000 (1,040,080 nairas) in order to reach our goal.

    Best Regards,

    John Smith

  15. Re:PHP is moving in the right direction on PHP 5 Released; PHP Compiler, Too · · Score: 1

    Can this behaviour be enabled on a per-script basis using ini_set()?

    I have many PHP applications on my servers that really differ a lot in nature but if I can use an ini_set() in the ones that are broken w/ php5, I'll just upgrade this week and everything will work perfectly...

  16. Re:Pretty Cool on NewsForge Reviews Excel Clone for Linux · · Score: 0, Troll

    its not free-as-in-beer. It may not even be free-as-in-speech.

    I think the first step before it could possibly become free as in speech would be for it to be free as in beer.

    It would be a little silly to sell a product when you distribute the source for it on your website.

  17. Re:Using the right tool for the job on OpenGL in PHP · · Score: 3, Insightful

    And perl was designed for text processing.

    Languages evolve as more great developers join the core development teams and change the behavior and functionality of the language.

    A good language is a language that can evolve beyond what it was designed to do and scale well.

    PHP and Python are such languages.

  18. Re:message is way too short on Cryptic Code Stumps Experts · · Score: 2, Interesting

    if you had read the article, it says that it's likely to be greek or latin, or a forgotten language.
    Although it is linked to a modified painting from a french artist so it could be french, and it is in england so it could be english.

    Good Luck.

  19. Homer's suit! on Project Grizzly Bear-Proof Suit Up For Auction · · Score: 1

    Homer's Bear-proof suit was just as efficient, bullet-proof, and a lot cheaper.

    Whatch out for your ass though...

  20. Windows Only? on Coming Soon to a Wireless Hotspot Near You: Ads · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This will require software to be installed on the client's computer in order to display the ads besides the browser, I assume.

    Does that mean that there is a 99.99% chance that this software won't install on linux (or Mac) and only windows laptops will be able to access those spots?

    Isn't there a better way to do this that doesn't require software installation? like injecting HTML code for banner ads in the pages viewed by users on your network like free hosting companies were doing all the time back in the days?

    Does that also mean that there will be no way to tell if there is malicious (or even vulnerable) code bundled with the software?

  21. Re:Yeah, library versioning could be better on Gentoo Linux Announces Gentoo Linux 2004.1 · · Score: 4, Informative

    qpkg -q libfoo sounds like what you are looking for.

  22. Re:It's who you know, and what you know on Moving Up the IT Ladder in a Poor Economy? · · Score: 1

    You know what they say...
    "Jack of all trades... Master of none"
    I'd rather hire someone who spent 4 years in a formal learning environment rather than someone who's taken a couple of distant courses for 3 months and got a cert out of it.

    I'd also rather hire someone who is a reliable expert in a couple of areas rather than a guy who can do a little bit of everything, and a whole lot of nothing...

  23. Re:There's even a port of the 2.6 kernel... on Linux for iPod Matures · · Score: 5, Funny

    There might also be a few problems with the audio not working...

    Everything else appears th be just fine though...

  24. Re:How can we fracture it? on McNealy Answers: No Open Source Java · · Score: 1

    If you like java, you can install it, you can use it.

    And you can download it.

  25. Re:How can we fracture it? on McNealy Answers: No Open Source Java · · Score: 1

    I don't think you understand the way licenses work.

    If linux distros decide to include Sun's JRE or JDK by default in their distro, they are legally bound to insure that the user will accept the Sun License...

    Technically, linux distros could put 200 of those useful proprietary technologies but then you will simply have to click on "Accept" for 200 license agreements.

    But you're right... if linux distros were really looking out for the best interest of their users, they really should illegaly include software in their distribution and get their asses sued.

    Does Windows XP include by default the official Sun JDK/JRE?

    Last time I checked, it didn't but whatever.